Telford and Wrekin Unitary Authority (UA) : Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Standard Industrial Classification (2007)

Data cube chart.

Year A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing B: Mining & quarrying C: Manufacturing D: Electricity, gas, steam etc E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt F: Construction G: Wholesale & retail trade H: Transport & storage I: Accommodation & catering J: Information & communication K: Financial & insurance L: Real estate activities. M: Professional, scientific & technical N: Administrative & support O: Public administration & defence P: Education Q: Human health & social work R, S, T, U: Other services
1841 2,388 Show data context 633 Show data context 1,460 Show data context 1 Show data context 1 Show data context 322 Show data context 271 Show data context 113 Show data context 87 Show data context 0 Show data context 2 Show data context 5 Show data context 31 Show data context 93 Show data context 29 Show data context 53 Show data context 25 Show data context 1,447 Show data context
1861 3,252 Show data context 2,236 Show data context 3,751 Show data context 11 Show data context 9 Show data context 825 Show data context 688 Show data context 556 Show data context 350 Show data context 3 Show data context 1 Show data context 101 Show data context 73 Show data context 40 Show data context 55 Show data context 152 Show data context 63 Show data context 1,420 Show data context
1881 2,278 Show data context 3,251 Show data context 6,386 Show data context 40 Show data context 3 Show data context 1,008 Show data context 880 Show data context 496 Show data context 308 Show data context 18 Show data context 44 Show data context 16 Show data context 134 Show data context 175 Show data context 151 Show data context 351 Show data context 73 Show data context 2,994 Show data context
1911 3,958 Show data context 1,474 Show data context 5,844 Show data context 101 Show data context 12 Show data context 1,607 Show data context 2,200 Show data context 2,028 Show data context 731 Show data context 92 Show data context 209 Show data context 0 Show data context 146 Show data context 359 Show data context 640 Show data context 478 Show data context 282 Show data context 4,256 Show data context
1931 2,469 Show data context 2,048 Show data context 7,429 Show data context 174 Show data context 15 Show data context 795 Show data context 2,277 Show data context 1,150 Show data context 359 Show data context 3 Show data context 163 Show data context 63 Show data context 152 Show data context 1 Show data context 578 Show data context 550 Show data context 372 Show data context 2,443 Show data context
1951 2,584 Show data context 879 Show data context 11,492 Show data context 374 Show data context 17 Show data context 1,422 Show data context 3,282 Show data context 1,571 Show data context 995 Show data context 0 Show data context 220 Show data context 0 Show data context 151 Show data context 0 Show data context 6,717 Show data context 802 Show data context 440 Show data context 1,089 Show data context
1971 4,400 Show data context 430 Show data context 9,312 Show data context 453 Show data context 106 Show data context 2,865 Show data context 3,836 Show data context 1,511 Show data context 716 Show data context 97 Show data context 321 Show data context 133 Show data context 491 Show data context 112 Show data context 3,957 Show data context 1,545 Show data context 608 Show data context 1,175 Show data context
2011 713 Show data context 82 Show data context 13,240 Show data context 408 Show data context 823 Show data context 4,970 Show data context 13,099 Show data context 3,109 Show data context 3,768 Show data context 3,368 Show data context 2,091 Show data context 977 Show data context 2,767 Show data context 3,568 Show data context 6,444 Show data context 7,292 Show data context 8,535 Show data context 3,118 Show data context
2021 816 Show data context 79 Show data context 12,144 Show data context 397 Show data context 915 Show data context 6,761 Show data context 13,118 Show data context 3,894 Show data context 3,662 Show data context 3,718 Show data context 2,126 Show data context 1,211 Show data context 3,262 Show data context 4,586 Show data context 6,433 Show data context 7,627 Show data context 11,731 Show data context 3,077 Show data context
Date Source
1841 1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861 1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 17 , 'Occupations of Males aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 Great Britain Historical GIS Project Computed from 1881 microdata
1911 1911 Census of England and Wales, Occupations Vol 1, Table 15 A, 'Grouped occupations of Males and Females aged 10 years and upwards, in Administrative Counties, County Boroughs, Metropolitan Boroughs, Urban Districts of which the population exceeded 5,000 persons, aggregates of other Urban Districts, and aggregates of Rural Districts; also proportion per 1,000 of unmarried, married, widowed, and of married and widowed women engaged in occupations, and proportion of female domestic servants to separate occupiers or families, 1911 - Males'
1931 1931 Census of England and Wales, Industry, Table 3 , 'Industries (condensed list) of Males and Females (exclusive of persons out of work)'
1951 1951 Census of England and Wales, Industry, Table 3 , 'Industries (Orders and Selected Units) and Status Aggregates. Occupied Males and Females aged 15 and over', for 'Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT'
1971 1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'
1991 Census of Population
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table KS605UK - Industry)
2021 Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" ("Industry (current)" (19 way))

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Housing density, simplified to under 1 person per room, 1 to 1.5, and over 1.5. Data for these categories can be computed for districts in England and Wales for all censuses from 1931 onwards, but for Scotland they can only be computed for 1971 on.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Telford and Wrekin Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Standard Industrial Classification (2007), A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 06th June 2026